# NTSB WPR25LA295: Siai-Marchetti SF260B, N272C, Billings, MT, September 26, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: September 26, 2025, 10:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Billings, MT
- Coordinates: 45.807879, -108.54039 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8079&lon=-108.5404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201730
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA295
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201730/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA295

## Preliminary report

On September 26, 2025, about 1040 mountain daylight time, a SIAI-MARCHETTI SF 260B, N272C, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Billings, Montana. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations part 91 flight. The pilot reported that shortly after rotation from runway 28R, the airplane began to drift left. He applied corrective control inputs and was able to maintain control while in ground effect, but the airplane would not climb. The airplane then drifted away from the runway to the right, and began to settle, after which it struck the ground. The landing gear collapsed during the impact sequence, and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and aft cabin structure. The airplane was recovered for further examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [Siai-Marchetti SF.260B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=8121210), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N272C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N272C), registered now, S/N 20-01, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIAI-MARCHETTI SF260B
- Registry model: [Siai-Marchetti SF.260B](https://openairdocs.org/model/siai-marchetti-sf-260b) (registry code 8121210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20-01
- Year built: 1974
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airport: BIL

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 20 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 29.94 inHg
- Observed at: KBIL
- METAR: METAR KBIL 261653Z 32020G28KT 8SM FEW110 FEW200 23/M03 A2994 RMK AO2 PK WND 34029/1601 SLP110 ACSL SE-S FU HZ W-E T02331028=

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250926015229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250926015229A), Sep 26, 2025: Siai-Marchetti SF.260B, Billings, MT, Substantial damage. On September 26, 2025 an Siai marchette SF208B aircraft departed from Billings Logan International Airport (kbil). During takeoff the aircraft rotated and…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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